Master Xuanzang looked at the three of them, and had already regarded his meditation hall as his home, so he laughed and said, "This is not the first time, how can I meet the strange!" ”

Hearing the return of Master Xuanzang, Wang Xuance and Chen Maocai hurriedly got up, gave a salute, and exchanged New Year's greetings. But listening to this Wang Xuance say: "This Chinese New Year, I am also bored at home, so I want to come to you and chat." ”

"Sit down, sit down, I've been idle for a few days, and this New Year's Eve has naturally given the helper of the scripture translation a holiday, so there's nothing to do," Master Xuanzang said casually while inviting them to sit down.

It turned out that the menstrual holiday system of the Tang Dynasty was closed for ten days and one day off, that is, nine days of work and one day off. Don't look at the fact that there are only three days off in this month, but every important festival, for example, the Yuan Zheng (Spring Festival) and the winter solstice are given seven days off, cold food, and Qingming is four days; The Mid-Autumn Festival, Summer Solstice and Laba are three days.

When you meet this person's day, Lantern Festival, obscure day, Spring and Autumn Second Society, February 8, March 3, April 8, May 5, dog days, July 7, 15, September 9, October 1, the beginning of spring, spring equinox, beginning of autumn, autumn equinox, beginning of summer, beginning of winter, every ten days, and give one day off. Field leave is given in May, and clothing leave is given in September, which is two times, 15 days each. In this way, there are seventy-seven days of vacation in the year. Therefore, relatively speaking, it is still abundant, because they are encountering this yuanzheng, so most people are also on vacation and resting.

After a tea tour, I only heard Wang Xuance say: "I heard that in this Eastern Tianzhu Jiamo Bo Kingdom, the King of Kumoro sent envoys to my Tang Dynasty, has the mage ever heard of it!" ”

"I have not heard of it, and I do not know where this news comes from."

Zhou Zeng rummaged through the scriptures of Master Xuanzang, and at the same time rushed in front of Wang Xuance and said to them: "I had nothing to do the day before yesterday, and I had a drink with a lieutenant who had just returned from Liangzhou, and he mentioned this matter. I heard that the king of Kumora sent a lot of envoys this time, a group of forty or fifty ambassadors, and brought a lot of tribute; According to the time he said, it should be only a few days, and we will be in Chang'an."

"In the past two years, all the departments of Tianzhu have sent envoys to my Tang Dynasty from time to time, which is due to the influence of the mage in these five Tianzhu, which is really gratifying." Wang Xuance praised sincerely

"Where, where, this should also be due to Wang Changshi, if you don't go to Tianzhu, you can't spread the gospel of His Majesty to a foreign land" Xuanzang replied modestly and politely.

"The two of you just praise each other, looking at this thing, it seems to be very outside," Chen Maocai glanced at the two of them disdainfully while sipping tea. One sentence made everyone laugh.

"By the way, Master, tell me about this King Kumora, what kind of person is this, I saw that at that time, he was second only to the King of the Ring of the Sun at the Uncovered Conference, but he was very majestic." Chen Maocai then asked Master Xuanzang again.

After Master Xuanzang pondered for a while, he recalled the memories of those years; Seeing that they had also pricked up their ears, he said eloquently:

"Time has to go back to a year before the festival in Qunucheng, when the rainy season in Tianzhu had just ended. Although I escaped from Datang as a sin, I only want to return to Datang. In Tianzhu over the years, I don't know much about Datang, and although I have explored more, I can't get the essentials.

One day, a monk named Nigan came to my meditation room, I heard that he was good at divination, so I asked: Xuanzang came from the Tang Dynasty, has been for many years, today I want to return to the Tang Dynasty, I don't know if I can return safely? If I can return to Datang, please help me see how long I have to live, and whether I can promote Buddhism......"

Hearing this, Zhou Zeng interrupted with a big grin: "Master, how can you believe in this divination technique......

Before he finished speaking, Wang Xuance glared at him fiercely, and Zhou Zeng made a grimace and didn't continue.

"Haha, I'm also an ordinary person, when people's minds change, sometimes it's very difficult, and they need to be constantly adjusted, which is also gone," Master Xuanzang said to them while still maintaining his true colors. Hearing him say this, the three of them also understood the reason.

Immediately afterwards, Master Xuanzang said: "Nan Nigan, so use a white stone to draw the ground and occupy it. Then he said to me: Master is the best here, and all the monks of Wutianzhu respect Master; Although it is good to return to Datang, it is still not as good as here. If the mage must return to the East Soil, his lifespan will only be ten years after returning.

Hearing this, I am already happy, as long as I can return to the Tang Dynasty, ten years is enough. So I asked him again, I wanted to bring back a lot of scriptures, but I didn't know how to get them?

Nigan's reply was: There is no need to worry about this, the king of the ring and the king of Kumora will naturally send someone to escort the mage back to Tang, and the journey is very smooth. Although it has been many years since he arrived in Tianzhu, he has never seen the two kings. So I asked the reason again. This Nikan returned: the king of Kumora had sent an envoy to ask, and when the two or three days came, he saw both the king of Kumora and the king of the sun, and when he had finished speaking, he departed with a smile. ”

Hearing what Master Xuanzang said, the three of them understood: It turned out that Master Xuanzang and this King of the Ring Sun had only become quite familiar with each other in those two years; And it is the king of Kumora who was seen first, and the king of the sun who was seen again.

Seeing that they were still listening attentively, Master Xuanzang picked up the empty plain tea cup in front of him and said to Chen Maocai: "Pour tea, I'm thirsty."

Chen Maocai reacted immediately, so he shrugged and smiled at Master Xuanzang with a smile, picked up the silver pot with a handle in front of him, and carefully filled Master Xuanzang's teacup with tea soup.

Master Xuanzang then took a sip of the tea soup, and then continued: "After Nigan left, I briefly thought about his words at that time, so I had more faith in returning to Datang. Because I have never seen the two kings of Tianzhu, I don't have too many ideas.

Therefore, the Sanskrit scriptures, Buddha statues, relics, etc. collected from all over Tianzhu were sorted out and prepared to return to the Tang Dynasty. But I never thought that when I was sorting out and ready to leave. Nalanda Monastery received one threat after another, and this threat was none other than King Kumara, the king of the Kama Wave Kingdom from Eastern Tianzhu.

This Kama country is located in the south of Tubo (that is, today's southern Tibet, but this country has never included southern Tibet), east of Tianzhu, with a radius of more than 10,000 li, the circumference of the national capital is about 30 li, the climate is mild, and the products are abundant. Many rivers and lakes crisscross the town, and although the people are relatively low and rough, they are very hard-working. Because I believe in the gods and do not believe in Buddhism, there are no temples or monks from ancient times to the present, and those who believe in Buddhism can only believe in it in private, so Buddhism is unfamiliar to this country......

Looking at the holidays of the Tang Dynasty, there are more than 70 days a year, which seems to be far worse than we are now...... However, the pressure of the Tang people is much less than that of our modern people......

(End of chapter)